Legazpi City – Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Bicol is more than ready to serve poor Filipinos specially Bicolanos to spare them from worries about their hospital and medicine bills in 2017 once the guidelines is out.
Ms. Gyllene Almodiel, PhilHealth’s Public Information Officer in an
interview with DZGB News in the “Program Aramon Niyato” said that they are
waiting for the guidelines that will be issued by their central office
regarding the full implementation of President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan for poor
patients to leave hospitals with no billing balance in 2017. She further said
that this will provide for the full universal health insurance service even for
non-PhilHealth card holders.
Meanwhile Almodiel disclosed that substance users can now
avail of the Detoxification package amounting to P10,000.000 for each
beneficiary offered by PhilHealth in support for the government campaign against illegal drugs. Application forms are now ready and list of
requirements can be acquired from any accredited hospitals or from any
PhilHealth Office. Mininum requirements are: must be a Philhealth Member or a
beneficiary of a member and a medical certificate that the patient is positive for
methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu. (NM Mar de la Cruz with Ranelle Sertan)
